Vaccine for Deer Against ‘Mad Cow’-Like Illness Shows Promise

A new vaccine created to fight an illness similar to “mad cow disease” in deer might also protect livestock and even humans from similar brain infections, researchers report. The vaccine appears to help prevent deer from becoming infected by the incurable brain disorder known as chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease is caused by mysterious infectious particles known as prions that go rogue.

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